When we left Moxie, she was buying shoes and overheard Nettles making mysterious plans . . . Moxie signed her receipt with her well-practiced illegible scribble and hurried around the side of the tent, but Nettles and his conspirator were nowhere to be seen. She didn’t have an appetite for greasy fair food, soContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Four”
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The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Three
When we last joined Moxie, she thought she had witnessed a jewel heist, but when the dust settled nothing appeared to be missing . . . During the rest of the parade Moxie felt accosted by stench. Every few feet brought a wave of yet another foreign smell. A hint of honey or beeswax loftedContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Three”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode One
Episode One She Only Hears What She Wants to Hear Moxie Sharpe felt increasingly uncomfortable as a young costumer pushed and prodded her breasts into the highest possible cleavage while tightening laces through each layer of metal holes. Pearl had messed up before, but this time was the worst. “Take a deep breath.” TheContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode One”
Read to Write: Conflict and Suspense
Improve your writing while you read Experience Writing is all about bringing you along on the roller-coaster of my writing life. Changing my focus from my writing life to yours means I need to let you in on my plans, so you can join me, right? To do that, I typed up my plan ofContinue reading “Read to Write: Conflict and Suspense”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe: Conflict and Suspense in Practice
My current area of interest is conflict and suspense. How do I write scene after exciting scene to keep my readers turning pages? I realize that to become a better writer, I can’t just read about writing suspense and read suspense novels, I need to write using the techniques I learn. So, for ourContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe: Conflict and Suspense in Practice”
Experience Writing: This site is about you. Tell me what you want in the new year and a free gift!
This year is all about you! I recently took a course from Open University Australia called Write for the Web. The course opened my eyes to some fundamental truths about writing. The first truth–seems obvious, but created a shift in my outlook–I am writing for you. To write good content, I need to know whatContinue reading “Experience Writing: This site is about you. Tell me what you want in the new year and a free gift!”
#NaNoWriMo Yes or No? The Pros and Cons of Participating in National Novel Writing Month
Have you heard of NaNoWriMo but are not sure what it is? Thought of trying it but wondered if it was worth it? I wrote the first draft of my novel this November and lived to tell. Imagine: You’ve been dreaming of writing a novel since you were a little kid, but life got inContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Yes or No? The Pros and Cons of Participating in National Novel Writing Month”
The Harvest
I admit I gave up on my daily garden photo project before it was finished, but as you can see from my video above, I did not give up easily. It was a tough summer for my little garden. As usual, I started with very high hopes, but then summer started in March and wasn’tContinue reading “The Harvest”
Published! Oh, the joy of the first acceptance letter.
As the gross jelly-blob predicted, October continues to be fun, gross and creepy. Why you ask? Because fun, gross and creepy can describe my flash fiction story, “My Collection”, that the editors of Five on the Fifth kindly chose for their October Issue!! I was delighted by the variety of stories and styles they chose.Continue reading “Published! Oh, the joy of the first acceptance letter.”
Inspiration: Stay ready. You never know from which strange place, or species, it could come.
This is a slightly different post than the norm, but it is also a wonderful way to get us all into the Halloween spirit and I love Halloween. When I was driving home last Sunday and saw a pumpkin patch full of people, I said “Their jack-o-lanterns will be completely rotten by Halloween.” Of course,Continue reading “Inspiration: Stay ready. You never know from which strange place, or species, it could come.”
Experience Writing 